1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original building structures are...

1 map; 58 x 75 cm. The first page of a two-page index to a plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G.M. Hopkins Company. This index lists the names of all streets appearing on the map with their corresponding...

A big canvas circus tent and a small crowd gathered to view the show from near the posts. This photo relates to one of the two railroad tented circuses playing Nashville in the fall of 1938: Robbins Bros. Circus played the lot across Fourth Avenue...

A close-up of two elephants named Frieda and Trilby that performed in the Barnes-Sells-Floto circus show playing at Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee in 1938. There was a “Features Show” at Centennial Park on October 26th, 1938, the Al G...

A copy photograph of an 1890's gymnastics class of young female students at Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies in Nashville, Tennessee. The photograph shows Mary Louise and Sadie Warner (later Mrs. William Mallison and Mrs. George Frazier) on the gym...

A group of boys and men fastening the rope of a circus tent. This photo relates to one of the two railroad tented circuses playing Nashville in the fall of 1938: Robbins Bros. Circus played the lot across Fourth Avenue from the Fairgrounds on...

A parade of horseback riders and wagons connected with one of the two railroad tented circuses playing Nashville in the fall of 1938: Robbins Bros. Circus played the lot across Fourth Avenue from the Fairgrounds on August 29th, 1938 and there was a...

A photograph of Fanning Orphan School, popularly known as Fanning College. The school was chartered in 1881 and opened in 1884. This non-extant school was located about five miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Couchville Pike (in the...

A photograph of pupils and faculty from the Fanning Orphan School, popularly known as Fanning College. The school was chartered in 1881 and opened in 1884. This non-extant school was located about five miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on...

A photograph of the Cavert School, located at 2500 Fairfax Avenue in Nashville, circa 1996. Cavert School opened as an elementary school circa 1928. The structure is designed in the classical style and with Eakin School was one of Nashville's early...

A program for the Nashville Community Playhouse's sixty-sixth production, Dinner at Eight by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, and directed by Raymond Johnson. The production ran from October 8 through October 13 in the fall of 1945. The program...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...

A scene related to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert at War Memorial Auditorium, circa December 1948. The orchestra was conducted by William Strickland. The Nashville Symphony's beginnings can be traced to 1945, when World War II veteran...